Another device heads to the Google graveyard.
In place of the Chromecast, the company will offer the newly announced $99.99 Google TV Streamer, which launches on September 24th. The set-top box comes with some significant spec bumps over the Chromecast with Google TV, such as a processor that’s 22 percent faster, along with Thread and Matter integration.
Replacing it with something 3x as much that more or less does the same thing.
dhtseany@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
And just like that I gave up on casting and shifted back to a dedicated streaming PC like it’s 2010. I changed the way I consumed my media for you, Google, and your thanks in return was betraying us by retiring the equipment that we came to rely on left and right. I’m still pissed about Chromecast audio.
God I’m tired of this shit.
makyo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’ve done this so many times now, one of these days we’ll know better
7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
When they disco’d them I found like 6 at Walmart for 3.99.
I bought them all. Lol
They are still in a box… But Ill have a use for them… Probably
bzarb8ni@lemm.ee 2 months ago
So tired…
superterran@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So dramatic, it looks like a decent upgrade! The last device was laggy anyways
SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
For like $25 I don’t care if it’s laggy. I just want to be able to stream into any HDMI port
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 months ago
I was thinking the same. Matter integration and a faster processor. I think the hard part for users is the price point. They’re “upgrading” the Chromecast, which is good, but they are using a higher tier product to do it, so it will be treated as a graveyard project.